By: SparkNotes LLC Anyone who went to school should be very familiar with SparkNotes. For some of us they served as great overviews and summaries for major works of literature that we read and needed help referencing. For other of us, it served as a great substitute to reading the actual book....... Though I [...][Continue Reading...]

By: eduPad Inc. iTooch is a true one-stop app for everything you could possibly want to teach any child in the age range of middle school. This app is LOADED with potential – and I do mean loaded. It has over 10,000 exercises available for download. It approaches the areas of math and language [...][Continue Reading...]

By: Grammaroplolis LLC I had a ton of fun reviewing this application. It is funny, catchy and extremely entertaining. It takes the somewhat formidable subject of grammar and makes it really easy to understand for kids and adults alike. Grammaropolis has won several awards already, such as winner of The National Parenting Center's 2012 [...][Continue Reading...]

By: Pyxwise Software Inc. This is arguably the most comprehensive reading app available on the app store. It is probably the best way to improve English spelling and reading skills without the use of a teacher, or perhaps only necessitating slight help from a tutor. The application walks the student, step by step, through [...][Continue Reading...]

By: Ballpoint, Inc. Do you know the difference between hoard and horde? Because I didn’t! This app is a fun way to get those commonly confused words mastered! It has definitions of commonly misused worlds and their ‘evil twins’ as well as fill-in-the-blank quizzes so that you can practice using words in their correct [...][Continue Reading...]

By: BrainPOP This is a nifty little app, that shows short five-ish minute feature movies on a variety of topics. They have a new movie everyday, as well as an archive of all the movies they've made. The clips, are separated into topics like science, social studies, and math. Topics range from population growth, [...][Continue Reading...]